Only owned one good truck,  which was a 1974 Ford  Econoline Supervan. It had  a 302 and the three speed manual transmission shift on the steering..   Original engine wore out at 314 thousand miles.  Got a newish engine for 750 dollars, total installed.    I put  another 100 thousand  and 75  miles on it.    Then sold it for two hundred dollars to a trades man.    This was a huge mistake.  I should have kept that van, as it is a classic now.  And you will not see this in Jay Leno's  collection, for some reason.   It was, and still is, a great vehicle.  Cause  you can fix it.   I took this van, 12 times across North America.  And I could always fix it, even in the  most remote of places.  Try to do that with your new car.